Read the Pax Ellevate case documents.

Read the Pax Ellevate case documents.

As with all Debate Assignments you are responsible for:

1) Completing the individual debate assignment to be uploaded here.

Please refer to those documents for debate topics (positions) and instructions. Remember for each assignment you need 15 bullet points (5 points of the case, 5 arguments supporting position A, 5 arguments supporting position B). Please use all readings and content from the module to formulate your assignment. This will be used in the discussion board.

Pax Ellevate: The challenge of social investing

Position a. Words like “socially responsible investing” or “social investing” are too broad to have meaning

Position b.Words like “socially responsible investing” or “social investing” are not too broad to have meaning

Some things to consider as you write your assignment and complete the debate:

Are the terms “socially responsible investing” or “social investing” so broad as to have little meaning?

In other words, are the screening criteria and language employed by the SRI community adequate to express the scope and complexity of current business models as well as the problems facing humanity?

Does socially responsible and gender lens investing play an important role in changing corporate practices? Or do they end up accomplishing the opposite purpose, serving as marketing tools used to appease investor sentiments and green wash corporations?

Does the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund really reflect the values espoused by feminist investors? What about companies claiming to be have progressive gender policies, but which do not act in a socially responsible way in other areas.

What is your opinion on gender lens investing and the criteria used by Pax Ellevate, in particular?